The impact of urban residential development patterns on forest carbon density: An integration of LiDAR, aerial photography and field mensuration

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-109

  Godwin, Christopher ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Singh, Kunwar K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Carbon density; Development pattern; Landscape metrics; LiDAR (light detection and ranging); Urban forest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; HOUSING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN GROWTH;

CARBON DENSITY; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); URBAN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FIELD METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIDAR; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

AIR CRAFT; CARBON; DENSITY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919934610     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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